Travel Blogs from Saint Sauveur des Monts

Before we went to Mont Tremblant we planned on going on a hiking trip. Twice. We had a campfire planned. We had a lot of plans. We had dreams.

All of that got ruined by the weather-gods that decided to stop the heatwave for exactly these two days and send us pouring rain instead. Nice one, guys! So hiking and campfire did not happen. Instead, after arriving in the Hostel we went canoeing with our official canoe instructor Lauren (she actually is one, learned it ...

... scenery of the bays and hills of the area - beautiful countryside and red soil of Prince Edward Island - visiting the Alexander Graham Bell Heritage and Museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia- Ferry rides across the Cabot Strait and Atlantic Ocean to and from Newfoundland in totally calm waters - riding about 1'200 kms in Newfoundland and never seeing any moose ...

... approached Montreal, the traffic got heavier and heavier and some crazies were driving extremely fast, and my sadness was replaced with high concentration.

Entering Montreal, I had hoped that I could stop by the St. Lawrence river shoreline and take some cityscape photos - no chance, as anywhere I could stop there seemed to be a highway in between, a park with no access for vehicles, or reserved parking lots which I could ...

Mike and I met at the motorcycle rental dealer, Monette Sports, in Laval (a suburb of Montreal) at around 10:30 a.m.. Mike had started his trip to join me the previous day from Meaford, Ontario and he had already ridden just over 700 km.

We went through the process of renting the 2015 BMW R1200RT that I had reserved. The ...

... t have known. We did however see a groundhog on the way in and a deer was waiting at the top of the hill. There were also plenty of squirrels running around, but as we have them back home they're not so exciting. Canada has lots of space, lots of great scenery, lots of wildlife, and hopefully we'll get to see much more of it. But next time we'll be better prepared, armed with insect repellent and we shall have vengeance on the ...